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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I manage a team where someone (or multiple people) are teleworking every day of the week.  I don't suspect anyone of not working (productivity is easy enough to monitor), but I really hate the resulting environment.  Since TW has been implemented, I've seen a drastic decline in teamwork, interpersonal communication, and general team morale.  It's not that people don't get along; it's just not a very dynamic work environment.

And I can't believe anyone who would tell me that having everyone on a conference call together is anywhere near as engaging as having everyone in a meeting.  All of you have kind of made that point by acknowledging that while you are on calls, you are folding laundry, watching news, making dinner, driving kids, etc.  Imagine an in-person meeting where someone is looking at their phone or reading a newspaper during the meeting.

- Guy who's in the office every day[/quote]

I've experienced what you describe but IME it's characteristic of spreading telework around so that some people are in and some are at home on any given day. If everybody is at home on the same days and in on the same days I think you'd find more cooperation.

For example, it's often hard to hear if some people are calling in to an in-person meeting but easier when everyone is calling or two people are screen sharing. Various chat programs work well for "drop by" questions when everyone is at their home desks but less well when the in-office people have walked off somewhere. And so on. I also think videoconferencing is underutilized. [/quote]

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